Getting graphic: Pop patches, a feel-good film, and ephemera from an isolated country
Three staffers, three unabashed recommendations.
Keep your shirts on, there’s going to be a Magic Mike 3—on Broadway
Ever since Steven Soderbergh’s interest in the franchise petered out, Channing Tatum has been the keeper of the Magic…
Offscreen dialogue is key to one of Magic Mike XXL’s most revealing scenes
Focusing a viewer’s attention is one of a filmmaker’s primary tasks. On the most basic level, this usually involves…
The best movie trailers of 2015
What makes a great movie trailer? As with the films they sell, there’s no one answer. Some trailers provide a strong…
The best film scenes of 2015
Not every great movie has a standout great scene, just as not every great scene comes from a great movie. That’s our…
Video counts down top 25 films of 2015
The impending end of the year means an onslaught of end of the year lists where critics and others must opine and rank…
Weekend Box Office: Terminator fails to terminate in our alternate timeline
In a horrible disruption of the space-time continuum, Paramount accidentally created an alternate timeline where Arnold…
This Magic Mike XXL parody is a real sausage party
With Magic Mike XXL hitting theaters this weekend, everyone’s got wieners on the brain. Luckily and/or unluckily, for a…
Magic Mike XXL parody trailer gets engorged with even more dancing dicks
With only a few short hours to go before Magic Mike XXL lets everyone enjoy the gyrations of extremely ripped actors,…
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Magic Mike XXL gives the people what they want
“Picaresque” might seem like an odd word for a male-stripper comedy produced by a major film studio, but that’s the…
Chicago, grab some singles: See Magic Mike XXL early and for free
In 2012, cinematic chameleon Steven Soderbergh surprised everyone when his film Magic Mike was more than (well-oiled)…
The new Magic Mike XXL trailer appears to show some semblance of plot
Warner Bros.’ marketing department appears to have learned its lesson from the first Magic Mike movie, and is marketing…
Magic Mike hunk Joe Manganiello hunks onto the cast of Pee-wee’s Big Holiday
The association between the words “beefcake” and “Pee-wee Herman” has finally been cemented with the announcement that…
Channing Tatum is back in the saddle in the trailer for Magic Mike XXL
At least part of Channing Tatum’s success as an actor can be attributed to how self-aware he is. He knows he looks like…
Magic Mike XXL is looking for 300 female extras
After having already lost Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike XXL has tried a number of different tactics to replace him.…
Magic Mike XXL adds three cast members, is just taking people off the street now
In a desperate attempt to fill the Matthew McConaughey-shaped hole in fans’ hearts, the producers of Magic Mike XXL…
Magic Mike XXL seeks superfans to sit around and look at butts
One of the most amusing things about Magic Mike was the irritated reactions of moviegoers who went in expecting an…
Amber Heard and maybe Jada Pinkett Smith joining Magic Mike XXL
Morale among Magic Mike XXL fans is at an all-time low following yesterday’s announcement that Matthew McConaughey has…
Andie MacDowell joins the newly McConaughey-free Magic Mike XXL
In a trade-off of performers so similar that most audiences will probably never even notice the difference, Variety…
“Retired” Steven Soderbergh will be lighting, shooting, and editing Magic Mike XXL
Steven Soderbergh may have retired from film directing, but his alter egos Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard are still…